South Shields, Ocean Road, 'Man With The Donkey'

HER Number:
10899

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Ocean Road, 'Man With The Donkey'

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Date unknown. By Robert Olley. This statue commemorates John Simpson Kirkpatrick, who was born in South Shields in 1892. He was a member of the Australian Army Medical Corps and carried many dead and wounded soldiers with his donkey from the battleground at Gallipoli during the First World War. He died at Gallipoli on 9th May 1915. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
3650

Northing:
6730

Grid Reference:
NZ36506730

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 83; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 174-5; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S86.014; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/27/SS